Where does “halvadjí” come from?

halvadjí (Ladino) comes from Ladino -djí, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

halvadjí (Ladino): vendor of sweets

Definitions

  1. vendor of sweets

Ancestry of “halvadjí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ladino-djía suffix forming the names of professions
2Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
3Ottoman Turkishـچی—
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cı →Every word from Ladino -djí →